Photos emerge of strange aircraft, similar to designs from a company near Google

After I reported on a company near Google’s headquarters that’s developing what looks like a flying car or drone, a couple pictures of crafts very similar to the designs from the patents it holds have come to our attention. The above picture was taken by Greg Espiritu from a helicopter a little less than a year ago.

He used a video camera to zoom in on the bizarre craft, which was parked out on the expansive, abandoned Naval base on Alameda — and then took a picture of the display with his phone.

While we have not been able to confirm that the person in the picture works at Zee.Aero, there’s no denying the craft is almost identical to the one in the patent filed by the company.

Also, Thomas Shepard snapped a shot of this strange craft in the below picture in January 2012 at the offices where Zee.Aero’s website is registered in Mountain View.

The rotors are hard to see but he notes, “A large number of vertical propellers sit atop the wings of this vehicle. This vehicle was shrouded as much as possible with a cover over much of its body.”